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Welcome to week 9 of the 2025 r/NFL power rankings, the most biased, unbiased source for power rankings on the web. Just as /u/wavy_nels predicted, the Chargers are back like Alt never left! Joe Alt is dead again, sorry Chargers. With the trade deadline behind us, rankers were still able to account for the bigger moves like Sauce Garder and Quinnen Williams. With prime NY Danny Dimes (season low in completion percent, season high in interceptions) at the helm, do you think the Colts fell too far or not far enough? In other week 9 news, the Seahawks put up 30+ for the fourth time this season, and traded for another piece of the puzzle themselves. The Packers slipped for a second time this season, with Parsons handled against a makeshift Carolina line that doesn’t act like it. The Vikings are playing up to their opponent, just like the Bears who put up 47 to twist the knife against the Bengals imploding defense. Do you think any team is more deserving than the Bills? Can Jakobi Meyers replace Travis Hunter? Why doesn’t Maxx Crosby will more sacks to happen? Discuss! 32/32 Reporting
| # | Team | Δ | Record | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bills | +7 | 6-2 | ’Twas Halloween weekend and the Bills were facing their Boogey man 2 time MVP Patrick Mahomes who has ended their season 4 of the last 5 seasons. The Bills proved they weren’t scared, led by the trio of Kincaid, Allen and Cook. These 3 instilled goosebumps in the Chiefs defense all day leading to over 400 offensive yards. The Bills defense had Mahomes seeing ghosts holding him to an abysmal 15-34 passing line. Mahomes was trying to rise to the occasion late in the game until it turned into a nightmare on Hairston street when the rookie rose to the occasion for his first career interception. The Bills are clicking on all cylinders and hoping that Highmark Stadium continues to be a haunted place for their opponents to play in. | |
| 2. | Rams | +2 | 6-2 | As expected, that a nice comfy win led by (should be) MVP favorite Matt Stafford, who is on pace for 42/4 TD/INT, and the defense, who limited New Orleans to 16 minutes of possession and have now only allowed 20 points over the last three games combined. However, the special teams unit remains a problem and the Karty Party needs to end: he’s the 37th ranked kicker by accuracy—dead last. Next up for the Rams is the heart of the division and conference schedule, where they have ground to make up for tiebreaker purposes. This week @ SF feels like a must win. | |
| 3. | Eagles | +2 | 6-2 | “Winning the bye week” is sort of a cliche these days, but let’s just recap what has happened since the Eagles last touched grass: 1) all three division rivals lost. 2) The Lions and Packers lost. 3) The team made three trades, for Jaire Alexander, Michael Carter II, and Jaelen Phillips (ok, maybe only one of these will have a big impact). 4) The following players got to rest up / prepare to play and will likely return this week: Brandon Graham, Nolan Smith, AJ Brown, Cam Jurgens, Adoree Jackson, Jakorian Bennett…. A pretty good list of outcomes for a team that feels poised to go on a run. Jalen Hurts is playing his best football of the year, Jalen Carter and Saquon Barkley may be returning to 2024 form, and Kevin Patullo figured out his play sheet has two sides. The vibes are good, let’s see if they stay that way. | |
| 4. | Colts | -3 | 7-2 | SAUCE!!! In what’s automatically one of the biggest trades in franchise history, the Colts traded two first-round picks and blundering WR AD Mitchell to the Jets for two-time first-team All-Pro CB Sauce Gardner, who is signed through 2030 and still just 25 years old. It’s an all-in move by GM Chris Ballard (or the body snatcher who replaced him back in the offseason) as the Colts remain atop the standings at 7-2 despite an embarrassing loss in Pittsburgh for roughly the 286th time in franchise history. Indy has struggled in the secondary all season because of injuries, but adding Sauce to a DB group of Kenny Moore II, Cam Bynum, Nick Cross and Mooney Ward (once he returns from IR) will immediately give the Colts their best secondary in ages — maybe ever? This is a win-now trade by a team with unexpected but legitimate Super Bowl aspirations, and it’s bound to get the fan base rocking! | |
| 5. | Seahawks | +4 | 6-2 | Primetime football, baby. Across the country, no less. And the game was over by halftime. This Seahawks team is firing on all cylinders. They are the #1 team in DVOA and are the 4th best team in DVOA through a season’s first 8 weeks since 1978. John Schneider proving yet again that he is smarter than you, as this past offseason was an absolute GM masterclass. Sam Darnold looks like the signing of free agency. Not paying DK $130 million has allowed us to discover that Jaxon Smith-Njigba is not human. This defense is SUFFOCATING. Youngins like Tory Horton, Elijah Arroyo, and Nick Emmanwori are getting in on the fun. It’s a great time to be a Seahawks fan. We’ve got back-to-back divisional games with the Cardinals this week and the Rams the week after. If the Seahawks can stay hot and take down the Rams, they will be cooking with GAS. | |
| 6. | Buccaneers | – | 6-2 | It’s the Bye Week. With all the bye teams. And the teams that you see that you don’t really know, cause it’s a Bye Week. It’s a Bye Week. (Hey… Browns? Jets? What…what are you doing? What…hey… open…open your mouth!) … It’s a Bye Week. Na Na Na Na Na Na Na (this blurb is not sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Flo, if you’re reading this hit me up.) | |
| 7. | Lions | -5 | 5-3 | The Lions had an abysmal showing coming out of their bye, falling to the Vikings 24–27. The offense looked out of sorts and frantic, with blocks and pick ups on blitzes being repeatedly missed, Goff being hung out to dry on several occasions, and the run game offering no semblance of support throughout the game. The defense had more of a mixed bag than an overall bad day, though there’s a decent argument to be made that that was mainly due to an unfortunate injury to Aaron Jones that took the air out of a Vikings offense that was rolling to start. Small silver linings were Sam LaPorta and Jameson Williams’ solid outings and beautiful TDs, and Terrion Arnold’s great day in coverage (and first pick!) on his return from his shoulder injury. Next week against a reeling Washington is set to be quite an important get right for Detroit, given the Eagles and Packers matches that await them the rest of the month. A prolonged absence of Christian Mahogany (knee) is going to complicate things, but Awosika looked decent in his reserve snaps. It’ll be a nervous week leading up to a revenge game against the Commies, but Dan Campbell has been elite at having his team bounce back from disappointment. Until this team is unable to do that, the alarms can be warily snoozed. | |
| 8. | Patriots | +2 | 7-2 | So with about 5 minutes left on the clock in the first half, I thought I had already finished the write up for this week. A quick copy and paste of the same blurb used in the previous three weeks, a bit of editing to change the name of the team we played, and “BAM!” all done for the week. Maye was cruising, the offense was firing on all cylinders, heck the only real change was that the defense was playing lights-out from the jump instead of allowing a freebie touchdown on the 1st drive of the game. But then…. Maye’s lost fumble at the end of the 1st half really felt like the turning point. Instead of blasting ahead to a nigh-insurmountable lead before the half, the Pats give up a last second touchdown, and then proceed to fall apart in the 2nd half. The defense still played well, but London (what a beast by the way) absolutely had his way with Marcus Jones in the red zone, and the Pats required a missed extra point to let them keep the lead and bleed out the clock to end the game and get the win. Full props to McDaniels and Maye for finishing the game with a good series to run out the clock, but for the first time in a few weeks we really saw the potential weakness of this Patriots offense. Maye’s fumbling issues have been a problem all year, and it seemed like he was rattled a bit after that first turnover. Boutte left in the first half due to injury, and Kyle William just does not have the same chemistry or ability to replace him at the moment. This was Maye’s first mediocre game in a long time, so how they bounce back against an even tougher opponent in Tampa will be key to seeing whether this team is a real contender or not. Either way, clutching out an ugly last-second win is still a skill worth having, and as long as it doesn’t become a trend, the Patriots should be right on track to continue their winning ways with more easy matchups on the horizon after week 10. | |
| 9. | Chiefs | -6 | 5-4 | Well, the bad news is that the Chiefs lost, are officially out of the playoff picture again, and looked terrible on both sides of the ball. The good news is that despite all of that, including arguably the single worst game of … |
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